Wikipedia article about Sir Martin Frobisher states that "Prior to 30 March, Frobisher petitioned the Queen to be confirmed as High Admiral of the north-western seas and governor of all lands discovered, and to receive five per cent of profits from trade."
After diligent search, including copypasting the quoted phrase and typing it to Google, and going through all search result pages for 'Frobisher governor' in 'Search books' section, I have not found any other source than the aforementioned article, styling Frobisher governor of all lands discovered. Rather, all sources style him High Admiral of all lands discovered.
There can be, in my view, two explanations for the use of the title 'governor' in the Wikipedia article, viz.
β’I) McDermott's paywalled 2004 article in the Dictionary of National Biography is the source for the style of 'governor' since it is one of the two sources included in footnotes immediately succeeding the above quoted chapter of the text
β’II) the Editor of Wikipedia has seen this text contained in this as well as in multiple other sources: About this time Frobisher petitioned the Queen that in respect of his late discoveries in the North - west , and his great charges , letters patent might be granted to him , and his heirs for ever , appointing him High Admiral of those seas already or hereafter to be dis covered by him , with government by land of all people in those discovered parts ; also five per cent . upon the clear gain of everything brought from such lands , and one per cent . to his heirs for ever ; also , to make free of this voyage six persons yearly , and to receive one ton freight of every hundred tons brought from thence. In my opinion, from the curious phrase government by land of all people in those discovered parts can logically and reasonably be deducted a statement that Frobisher petitioned to receive Governorship of newly discovered lands, just as Wikipedia phrases it
β’III) the statement in [this](https://books.google.fi/books?hl=fi&id=1K8MAAAAYAAJ&dq=Frobisher+governor&focus=searc
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Happy Monday. Now that the memes are gone wanted to know what Destiny's opinion is on whether or not a whale is a fish and if he agrees with degenerate modern Cetology or the traditional categorization provided by Melville in his opus Moby Dick, which I have referenced below. I know that zoologists insist that a Whale is not a fish, but I believe that there is substantial cultural reason to treat them as such. If there is interest I will post a short essay I have on the subject next.
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I. THE FOLIO WHALE; II. the OCTAVO WHALE; III. the DUODECIMO WHALE.
As the type of the FOLIO I present the Sperm Whale; of the OCTAVO, the Grampus; of the DUODECIMO, the Porpoise.
FOLIOS. Among these I here include the following chapters:βI. The Sperm Whale; II. the Right Whale; III. the Fin-Back Whale; IV. the Hump-backed Whale; V. the Razor Back Whale; VI. the Sulphur Bottom Whale.
BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER I. (Sperm Whale).βThis whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words. He is, without doubt, the largest inhabitant of the globe; the most formidable of all whales to encounter; the most majestic in aspect; and lastly, by far the most valuable in commerce; he being the only creature from which that valuable substance, spermaceti, is obtained. All his peculiarities will, in many other places, be enlarged upon. It is chiefly with his name that I now have to do. Philologically considered, it is absurd. Some centuries ago, when the Sperm whale was almost wholly unknown in his own proper individuality, and when his oil was only accidentally obtained from the stranded fish; in those days spermaceti, it would seem, was popularly supposed to be derived from a creature identical with the one then known in England as the Greenland or Right Whale. It was the idea also, that this same spermaceti was that quickening humor of the Greenland Whale which the first syllable of the word literally expresses. In those times, also, spermaceti was exceedingly scarce, not being used for light, but only as an ointment and medicament. It was only to be had from the druggists as you nowadays buy an ounce of rhubarb. When, as I opine, in the course of time, the true nature of spermaceti became known, its original name was still retained by the dealers; no doubt to enhance its value by a notion so
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It really does, I swear!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Theyβre on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
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Why
Itβs pronounced βNoel.β
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
